2014
Identification of PLX4032‐resistance mechanisms and implications for novel RAF inhibitors
Choi J, Landrette SF, Wang T, Evans P, Bacchiocchi A, Bjornson R, Cheng E, Stiegler AL, Gathiaka S, Acevedo O, Boggon TJ, Krauthammer M, Halaban R, Xu T. Identification of PLX4032‐resistance mechanisms and implications for novel RAF inhibitors. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 2014, 27: 253-262. PMID: 24283590, PMCID: PMC4065135, DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDNA Transposable ElementsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansIndolesMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMelanomaModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, InsertionalMutant ProteinsMutationProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafSulfonamidesVemurafenibConceptsBRAF mutationsNovel BRAF mutationBRAF inhibitorsNext-generation BRAF inhibitorsPLX4032-resistant melanoma cellsMelanoma cellsMelanoma patient survivalHuman prostate cancerBRAF mutant cellsWhole-exome sequencingMelanoma patientsPatient survivalClinical trialsProstate cancerRAF inhibitorsOncogenic mutationsNew screening approachRelevant aberrationsInhibitorsCellsMutationsScreening approachNovel RAF inhibitorsPatientsPLX8394
2013
Low-copy piggyBac transposon mutagenesis in mice identifies genes driving melanoma
Ni TK, Landrette SF, Bjornson RD, Bosenberg MW, Xu T. Low-copy piggyBac transposon mutagenesis in mice identifies genes driving melanoma. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: e3640-e3649. PMID: 24003131, PMCID: PMC3780872, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1314435110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlotting, WesternDNA PrimersDNA Transposable ElementsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenetic TestingHEK293 CellsHumansImmunohistochemistryMAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1MelanomaMiceMice, TransgenicMutagenesis, InsertionalReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSignal TransductionSpecies SpecificityConceptsCancer-driving genesMitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 1Membrane associated guanylate kinaseProtein kinase kinase kinase 1Kinase kinase kinase 1Protein tyrosine phosphataseTransposon mutagenesis approachKinase kinase 1Transposon mutagenesis screenHuman melanomaBackground mutation rateMelanoma driver genesUndescribed genesIdentifies genesMutagenesis screenPDZ domainGuanylate kinaseTyrosine phosphataseTransposon mutagenesisCellular transformationMutagenesis approachKinase 1Mutation rateERK signalingDriver genes